It annoys Mrs Derbyshire, who is Dutch, but not from Holland

It's like calling a UK team "England".
N Holland and S Holland are the richest and most densely populated provinces, including Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague.
Think you'd find quite a few NL provincials are not that relaxed about calling the national team "Holland". As far as I'm aware, it's only the UK and Irish who officially call them Holland.

Posted By: derbyshire canary on March 29th 2016 at 21:18:25

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Excuse my ignorance. But why have itv got The Netherlands down as Holland? (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Mar 29, 20:58:44
- It annoys Mrs Derbyshire, who is Dutch, but not from Holland (General Chat) - derbyshire canary, Mar 29, 21:18:25
  - Yup that's what I thought! (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Mar 29, 21:21:51
- Think your right, they just appologised on itv (n/m) (General Chat) - Sonic, Mar 29, 21:06:43
- Haha commentator just said ITV have got it wrong and people texting in (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Mar 29, 21:05:44
  - fuckers need to get a life ffs (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 29, 21:07:02
    - He basically said that too (General Chat) - CauldRon, Mar 29, 21:07:48
      - Netherlands is their *actual name* to be fair. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Mar 29, 21:09:51
- The Dutch themselves often call the football team Holland (General Chat) - jampersands, Mar 29, 21:03:22
  - Hup (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 29, 21:04:11
- "Nice try... (General Chat) - tim berry, Mar 29, 21:03:20
  - Lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Mar 29, 21:03:50
- ie....here's there wiki page (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Mar 29, 21:00:30
- Always Holland to me (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Mar 29, 20:59:44

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